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WR 121: English Composition

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Argument Paper & Information Literacy Portfolio (ILP)

Throughout this term, you will be doing a set of activities designed to help you use sources in your academic writing.  These tutorials and activities make up the Information Literacy Unit.

WR 121 Tutorial Links

Here are the links to the tutorials that make up the Information Literacy Unit in WR 121

Tutorial 1: Getting Started with Your Research

Tutorial 2: Exploring Your Topic (TBA)

Tutorial 3: Using Sources to Research Your Topic (TBA)

Tutorial 4. Keywords (TBA)

Tutorial 5. Using One Good Source to Find More (TBA)

Tools & Links: Research Skills

Keywords and Related Concepts

Selecting keywords (Univ. of Washington)
Wikimindmap Discover related concepts Select en.wikipedia.or from the pull-down menu

Locating Keywords

Dictionaries and Thesauri (0xford Reference Online) requires OSU login

Online Merriam-Webster

Visual Thesaurus

Evaluating Websites

Evaluating Internet Information (Johns Hopkins University)

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